Trousers.



s. WISOTIZKY.

Patented Aug. 19, 1913.

INVEN TOR A TTORNEYS COLUMBIA PLANcKmAPH CA. WASHINGTON. D. c.

SOLOMON WISOTZKY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TROUSERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 19,1913.

Application filed January 23, 1912. Serial No. 672,883.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SOLOMON l/VIsoTzKY, a citizen of the United States,residing in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trousers, ofwhich the followin is a specification.

The object of this invention is to improve the appearance of the innerside of a pair of trousers at the waist-band edge thereof, while at thesame time providing an 'eX- tremely simple, durable and strong waistbandstructure through which the button attaching means will pass.

Another object of the invention is to provide a stout reinforcing bandand to secure it to the upper waist-band edge of the trousers and tocover said reinforcing band by means of a freely hanging curtain so thatsaid curtain will conceal the line of stitches securing the lower edgeof the reinforcing band to the trousers. This line of stitches passesthrough the trousers and is necessarily of black or other dark coloredthread. The curtain is usually made of some light colored material andit is desirable that the line of black stitches securing the reinforcingband to the trousers should be concealed by the curtain. In the ordinarypractice this line of black stitching passes through the curtain and isunsightly. By my construction this line of stitches is concealed by thecurtain so that the waist-band portion of the trousers has a neat andpleasing appearance.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view of a pair of trousers provided withmy invention; Fig. 2 a detail vertical sectional view of the upper orWaist-band edge of the trousers showing the reinforcing band and curtainstructure applied thereto; and Fig. 3 a detail sectional perspectiveview of the curtain and reinforcing band.

Referring to the various parts by numerals, 1 designates the trousers;2- abroad curtain secured to the inner side thereof along the waist-bandedge, and 3 a narrow reinforcing band connected to the curtain and tothe trousers along the upper edge thereof and connected to the trousersalong the lower edge of said band, as will be more fully hereinafterdescribed. The reinforcing band is first secured to the curtain by anundulating line of stitches 4. These stitches usually of are preferablymade of white thread as the curtain is usually made of some lightmaterial and it is desirable that this line of stitches be asinconspicuous as possible. By this undulating line of stitches thereinforcing band is connected to the curtain in such manner as to holdthe curtain flat and prevent it buckling or wrinkling. The upper edgesof the curtain and the reinforcing band are brought together, folded in-"Wardly and stitched to the trousers along the upper edge thereof, asshown clearly at 5 in Fig. 2. The two bands are folded as shown in saidfigure so that the line of stitches connecting them to the trousers willbe concealed by the main parts of the bands and so that the curtain willbe on the inner side of the trousers and will conceal the reinforcingband. The curtain is broader than the reinforcing band and extends aconsiderable distance below the lower edge of said band. The lower edgeof the reinforcing band is stitched directly to the trousers, the loweredge of said band being first turned up to form the double portion 6 andthe stitches passing through said double portion and through thetrousers. This line of stitches does not pass through the curtain, thecurtain being free of the waistband below the undulating line ofstitches 4. This permits the curtain to be folded or turned upwardly toexpose the lower edge of the reinforcing band, so that the operator mayreadily stitch said band along its lower edge to the trousers. This lineof stitches passes through the trousers and is dark thread. It isdesirable that this line of stitches should not show through the curtainfor the reason that the curtain is usually made of light material and aline of stitches therethrough of dark thread would be very unsightly.

The reinforcing band is preferably made of buckram or like strongfabric. This buckram band gives the requisite stiffness to the upperedge of the trousers and forms a strong structure through which thebutton securing means may pass. The buttons 7 are securely attached tothe inner side of the trousers near the upper edge of the curtain bystitching or other fastening means which are preferably passed throughthe buckram reinforcing band and through the trousers.

My invention is particularly adapted for use in knee trousers, but, ofcourse, it may be applied to trousers of any length.

What I claim is:

The combination with a pair of trousers, a broad non-elastic curtain, anarrow nonelastic reinforcing band arranged on the inner side along theupper or waist-band edge of the curtain, the upper edges of the curtainand the band being turned inwardly and downwardly, the reinforcing bandbe ing between the curtain and the trousers, a line of stitches passingthrough the turned down edges of the curtain and the band, said stitchesbeing concealed by the curtain, a line of stitches connecting the loweredge of the reinforcing band to the trousers said line of stitches beingconcealed by the curtain, a line of stitches connecting the curtain tothe reinforcing band and substantially midway between the upper andlower edges of the reinforcing band, whereby the said curtain will befree of the reinforcing band at the lower edge thereof and the curtainwill extend a considerable distance below said band, and a series ofbuttons arranged on the curtain and secured in position by means passingthrough the curtain, the reinforcing band and the trousers.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

SOLOMGN WISOTZKY.

Witnesses:

F. R. MILLER, L. MAGUIRE.

Copies of! this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

